CAF Announces Morocco As Hosts Of 2024 WAFCON

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Tuesday announced that Morocco will host the African Women’s Cup of Nations in 2024 reports Prime Business Africa.

Morocco were the hosts of the tournament last month which produced four African representatives at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Morocco were beaten finalists in the final after going down 2-1 to South Africa on July 24.

South Africa, Morocco, Zambia and Nigeria automatically booked their places in the World Cup while Cameroon and Senegal will take part in a playoff in February 2023 in a bid to reach the tournament.

The Confederation of African Football are getting set for its 44th Congress in Rabat where far reaching decisions and groundbreaking innovations are being made.

The four semifinalists of the WAFCON in 2024 will however not represent Africa in the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup as there will be another Women’s Nations Cup in the year 2026.

Nigeria are nine-time African champions of the biannual tournament from 12 editions.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.